Tag: gardening

can you paint bamboo & make a fence?

Bamboo is plentiful in Birmingham, Alabama. Can you believe that?! I lived in a house that was near unclaimed woods with all kinds of trees…and grass, like Bamboo. My children & i would wrestle dead bamboo out of the ground & drag it home (not drag, carry without effort, as it weighed nothing). I wanted…

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i miss my purple spring

my gardens are pinks & purples in the spring. in the fall, my gardens are yellow, orange & reds. & lots of tomatoes… Our gardens are filled with blueberry bushes, grape vines, tomatoes, herbs, peppers, yellow squash, a peach tree. The rest are flowers. All this hidden behind my house in a small backyard bordered…

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white begonia blossoms

This beastie almost died inside, but then my husband planted it the dirt & it came back this spring. I dug it up & planted it in my garden, it is very happy, I just hope it has blossoms like this again.

My Mother’s Day present

My husband has a full time job. On the weekends instead of relaxing, he & my son built these raised beds so that I can have veggies, fresh herbs and flowers. I am one happy woman. I forgot to put the hose back.

Being a kid

might ease my furrowed brow. Or make my husband think I have too much time on my hands. 🙂 Weeeee!!!